Purpose of Meeting
Speaker's Bureau - Asolo Repertory Theater: Company, Community & Artistry
Paul Adolphsen, Dramaturg & Literary Mgr, Asolo Repertory Theatre
Paul will provide a brief overview & history of the Asolo Repertory theater and will discuss the operation of the theater in the context of company, community and artistry. Paul holds an MFA in dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and B.A. degrees in Theatre and English Literature from Seattle Pacific University. As a dramaturg Paul has worked with Arena Stage (DC), Book-It Repertory Theatre (Seattle, WA), Hartford Stage Company (CT), Five College Opera (MA), Silverthorne Theatre Company (MA), and Vashon Opera (WA). From 2015-2016 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Paul’s writing about theatre and performance has been published in Theatre Journal and on howlround.com, and he has written dramaturgical material for Penumbra Theatre Company (MN).